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Plumpjack 'Reserve' Cabernet Sauvignon - $219.99

Wine Details

Price: $219.99
Producer: Plumpjack Winery
Region: Oakville
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Container Size: 750 ML
Flavors:
  • Red Wine
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Product Description

  • Full throttle does not begin to describe this wine. Aromas of baked plums, chocolate, currant and vanilla explode from the glass. Mouth coating flavors of chocolate, black cherry, French roast coffee and hoisin densely lay across your palate building to a long wonderful finish with a slight dusting of tannin. Hard to keep your hands off it now, it will age gracefully for the next 15 years. All in all a very dramatic wine.

Expert Ratings

Ratings   Vintage Source Flavors
Tanzer - 90 Details: ($185; bottled with a screwcap) Good full ruby. Tangy red berries, spices, iron and mocha on the nose; a bit cooler than the 2004 bottling. Then juicy, spicy and tight; less lush than the 2004 but still with a creaminess at the core. The vibrant red berry flavors nicely support the wine's lightly herbal quality. Finishes firmly tannic and persistent, with no shortage of flavor. 2003 Tanzer berries, herbal, mocha, red berry, spices, spicy
WineSpectator - 88 Details: Medium-weight and well-balanced, with spicy red plum, currant and blackberry flavors that pick up momentum, supported by firm tannins and finishing with a nice dash of toasty oak. Drink now through 2009. 300 cases made. –JL 2000 WineSpectator blackberry, currant, red plum, spicy, toasty oak
WineSpectator - 94 Details: Intense and tightly wound, a massive wine with firm band of concentrated cedar- and currant-laced fruit, picking up hints of spice, earth and mineral on a dry, firm, tannic finish. Needs time. Best from 2004 through 2012. 600 cases made. –JL 1999 WineSpectator earth, mineral, spice
WineEnthusiast - 93 Details: Smooth, rich and lush, with firm tannins that support a wonderfully complex blend of plum, blackberry, black cherry, coffee, anise, chocolate, herb and earth flavors. Lingers on the finish. —J.M. 1999 WineEnthusiast anise, black cherry, blackberry, chocolate, coffee, earth, herb, plum
WineSpectator - 90 Details: Complex, concentrated fruit and floral aromas lead to a ripe, rich, complex, grapey plum and cherry-laced wine, with hints of anise, sage and cedar flavors. Firms up nicely on the finish, where the tannins flex their muscles. Drink now through 2007. 600 cases made. –JL 1998 WineSpectator anise, cedar, grapey, plum, sage

Food Pairings

Category Pairing
Cheese Blue Cheese, Provolone, Brie
Red Meat Roast Beef, Barbeque Pulled-Pork or Ribs, Veal Carpaccio, Game, Sausage, Variety Meats or Organ Meats, Kidney
Poultry & Eggs Game Birds
Vegetables Potatoes, Roasted Mixed Vegetables
Fish or Shellfish Sea Bass
Sauces Red Wine Sauce
Herbs & Spices Basil, Mint, Oregano, Rosemary, Thyme

Wine Terms

Name Value
Cabernet Sauvignon (cab er nay saw vee nyon)—This highly adaptable grape grows almost anywhere it is relatively warm, but the best wines come from the Burgundy region of France (where it is a noble variety), California, and Australia. It became famous through the red wines of the Médoc district of Bordeaux and is now grown in Washington, southern France, Italy, Australia, South Africa, Chile, and Argentina. Cabernet Sauvignon grapes make wines that are high in tannin and medium- to full-bodied. Usually identified as having black currant or cassis flavors, the grape can also possess vegetal tones when the grapes are less than ideally ripe. The best wines are rich and firm with great depth, and are often aged for fifteen years or more. Because it is highly tannic, Cabernet Sauvignon is often blended with other less-tannic grapes such as Merlot.
United States Wineries exist in all fifty states, but the most predominant (and best) wine comes from Northern California, Oregon, and Washington State, with New York gaining a foothold in the industry. American wines make up about 75% of all wine sales in the US. The appellation system uses the term AVA (American Viticultural Area) to determine where wines were produced, but grape varieties can be planted anywhere in the country. American wineries generally use varietal labeling, and government regulations require that the variety on the label must make up at least 75% of the blend (in Oregon it’s 90%). The words reserve, special selection, private reserve, classic, and so on have no legal definition in the US. Some wineries use these terms to indicate their better wines; others use the words as a marketing tool to move lower quality wines off the shelf.
California California produces the majority of wine made in the United States. Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel and Pinot Noir dominate the wine production in California, but many other varietials thrive in the California climate. Many fine wines are produced in California using Mediterranean grapes.
Napa County Napa County is located north of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. At the north end of Napa County is the Bay Area's second tallest peak Mount Saint Helena, and to the far south of Napa County lays the section of the Napa Valley that bleeds into Carneros. When the first white settlers arrived in the early 1830s, there were six tribes in the valley speaking different dialects and they were often at war with each other. The Mayacomos tribe lived in the area where Calistoga was founded. Napa County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Napa Valley is widely considered one of the top wine regions in California and all of the United States. By the end of the nineteenth century there were more than one hundred and forty wineries in the area. Today Napa Valley features more than two hundred wineries and grows many different grape varieties including Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, and Zinfandel. The region is visited by as many as five million people each year, making it the second to Disneyland as the most popular tourist destination in California.

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